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By default, Rime will add pauses based on the punctuation in the sentence. To insert a shorter or longer pause within a sentence, simply inset the length of your desired pause in milliseconds within angle brackets. For example: <750> inserts a pause of 750 millseconds (or .75 seconds). To hear the difference, compare the following:
Audio ClipSentence
wait, are you actually serious.
wait. <750> are you actually serious.
Note: To get the best results for a silent pause, we recommend placing a space <time> space comma, e.g. <800> ,
Note: When making an API request, you must set pauseBetweenBrackets to true. The request would look like this:
Custom Pause Example
{
	"text": "wait. <750> are you actually serious.",
    "speaker": "cove",
    "modelId": "mistv2",
    "pauseBetweenBrackets": true
}